WUC Chair Rushan Abbas to Release Memoir Chronicling Uyghur Human Rights Struggle By Uyghur Times StaffMay 2, 2025 – Washington, DC Prominent Uyghur human rights advocate Rushan Abbas is set to release her memoir, Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom, on June 10, 2025, through Optimum Publishing International. The book, […]
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By Uyghur Times Staff | January 25, 2025 China’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and control Uyghurs is well-documented. Now, the Chinese government is channeling the same technology to automate the translation of films and television content into Uyghur and Kazakh languages. This move is framed as an […]
By Uyghur Times Staff August 17, 2024, Urumqi – Meryem Nasir, a renowned Uyghur artist and a key figure in the development of modern Uyghur dance, passed away on August 16, 2024, at the age of 84 in Urumqi due to illness. Her death is being widely mourned by Uyghurs, […]
At the age of 5, she came to Turkey from East Turkestan with her family.[1] She received ballet training at her mother Gülzade Tanrıdağlı’s ballet and dance school in Istanbul.[2] After graduating from elementary school, she entered the Istanbul State Conservatory affiliated with Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She studied […]
Tursun Uyghur, April 22, 2024 Washington—A documentary film telling the story of Kasim Kashgar, a former Uyghur educator and entrepreneur who fled Chinese persecution to the United States, produced by Voice of America, was awarded the prestigious 2024 New York Festivals in the category of documentary/human rights. Kasim Abdurehim Kashgar […]
A live-streamed event titled “Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s Genocide on the Uyghurs” was held in Washington DC on March 14th, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) announces on its website.
“Waiting for the End” is a film written and directed by Memetjan Semet, a Uyghur, and it reflects the current situation of Uyghurs. The film will be premiered in Washington on February 10, Uyghur Times Uyghur Edition repor
The launching event of the Uyghur Cultural Association in Dublin featured Uyghur music and poetry, with food and cakes brought along by the attendees, The Irish Times repor
In December 2023, a Uyghur dance group from Munich won the Jugend Tanzt 2023 competition organized by the German Federal Dance Association (DBT), Uyghur Times German Edition reports.
UYGHUR TIMES The International Ethnic Music Festival at Kashgar centers on China’s red songs that praise the Chinese government and call for ethnic unity. Among the list of performances, it’s evident that ethnic Uyghur music and dance are conspicuously absent, denying them any representation or opportunity to showcase their cultural […]